Different responses to job insecurity of Chinese workers in joint ventures and state-owned enterprises

Human Relations

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1391-1418

  Wong, Yui Tim ^a   Wong, Chi Sum ^b   Ngo, Hang Yue ^b   Lui, Hon Kwong ^a  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Job insecurity; Organizational citizenship behavior; Rational choice theory; Social exchange theory; Trust in organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 29744467757     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726705060243     Document Type: Review

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